Israeli warplanes unleashed airstrikes on Qatar's capital on Tuesday, targeting senior Hamas leaders who were gathered for clandestine meetings about the latest U.S.-brokered ceasefire proposal for Gaza.
Where was their gathering place? This strike came just days after a photograph began circulating online—an unassuming image of a Ritz–Carlton meeting room: orange and green wallpaper, a centered abstract painting, water bottles, pens, neatly arranged flowers. It looked like any other business meeting.
What looked like any other corporate boardroom was actually the likely nerve center for Hamas.
According to United Against Nuclear Iran sources, the photo shows senior Hamas figure Khalil al-Hayya meeting Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi and his Tehran-based delegation inside the Doha Ritz-Carlton.
There's no evidence Tuesday's Israeli strikes targeted the Ritz specifically but the picture lended the freshest evidence the gathering was taking place.
